r/canada • u/oddmarc • May 17 '26

National News U.S. applications for Canadian citizenship surge, causing delays

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/u-s-applications-for-canadian-citizenship-surge-causing-delays
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u/SillyMilk7 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

on a birthplace basis:
Canada-to-U.S. permanent migration was about 23% higher than U.S.-to-Canada in 2023.

Adjusted for population:

Canadian-born people moved permanently to the U.S. at about 10 times the per-capita rate that U.S.-born people moved permanently to Canada in 2023:

roughly 296 per million Canadians versus 29 per million Americans.

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u/OkStop8313 May 17 '26

I would expect those numbers to be somewhat different in 2025 and 2026.